Burma:
Martabao (Martaban):
(1632'N - 9736'E)
1514 feitoria - 1516
Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire -
Portuguese trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or
""Comercio e conflito - A presena Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 -
1700"
Tenasserim:
(1206'N - 9856'E)
wooden fort on a hill near the port of Tenasserim
1520s. wooden fort *
According to L.F.Thomaz "L'
ambassade de 1521" in Bouchon e Thomaz "Voyage dans le Deltas du Gange
et de l' Irrawady: relation Portugaise Anonyme 1521" and
Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese trade and
settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e conflito -
A presena Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
*It's probable that this fort wasn't built
by the Portuguese. Joao de Barros em "Da Asia"Dec.
III ,Liv. VIII ,Cap.II ,p.256 / 7
Siriao (Syriam): (1646'N
- 9614'E)
Fortaleza de Santiago do Siriao

1599 tranqueira (wooden fort), 1601/2 fort and custom house - Mar. 1613
The Portuguese controlled the
Kingdom of Pegu between 1600 and 1613.
Campos "History of the Portuguese in Bengal"
Diffie-Winius "Foundation of the
Portuguese empire 1415-1580"
Guedes "Interferencia e integraaodos
Portugueses na Birmania 1580-1630"
Portuguese Conquerors
Thailand:
Patane (Pattani): (0652'N
- 10115'E)
1524 conquered, a few day after abandoned
1530s.
Portuguese settlement
Conceiao Flores "Os Portugueses o o Siao no seculo XVI"
Cambodia:
Ilha de Choro (island in the
Mekong river): fort ?
Portuguese/Spanish expedition 1596-1599.
In Jan. 1598 the King of Cambodia give to the Portuguese Captain
Diogo Veloso, the "Ilha de Choro do Mar do Rio de Prequelapo ate a ponta
de Troi Polon" to build a fortress in the name of the King of Portugal.
Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese
trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e
conflito - A presena Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
Conceiao Flores "Os Portugueses o o Siao no seculo XVI"
Vietnam:
Faifo (Hoi An):
(1553'N - 10820'E)
1535 feitoria, 1596 mission -
Malaysia:
Malacca or Malaca:
(0212'N - 10215'E)
Fortaleza a Famosa (1511) (Courassa or S. Pedro,
St. Domingos, Santhiago, Madre de Deos, As Virgines bastions)
Forte de Muar

15/24 August 1511 - 14 January 1641
to The Netherlands
Ilha das Naus or Naos (near Malacca): (0211'N
- 10215'E)

a battery was built between 1606/1615, the fort was never
completed by the Portuguese, the Dutch assault of 1640 began
before the fort was completated, and at the end the Portuguese had to
abandon their partly finished fort.
(Irwin G.W. "Melaka Fort")
Muar:
(0203'N -
10234'E) Fortaleza de
Muar (1604)

1604 fort - ?
Indonesia:
Pacem or Passumah (Puuek, Sumatra Island) :
(0509'N - 9714'E)
1520/21 fort - May 1524*
Gaspar Correia "Lendas da India" Tomo II
,Parte II ,pp.795
* 1523 Conceiao
Flores "Os Portugueses o o Siao no seculo XVI"
Banten:
15 ? settlement -
Makassar (Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi
Island): (0508'S - 11924'E)

settlement and feitoria - 1665
Tidore (Tidore Island):
(0041'N - 12722'E)
Fortaleza dos Reis Magos (1578)
6 Jan. 1578 fort - May 1605
to The Netherlands (May 1605 - 1606)
to Spain (1606 - 1608)
to The Netherlands
Hanna Des Alwi "Turbulent times past in
Ternate and Tidore"
Jacobs "The Portuguese town of Ambon
1576-1605" in II Seminario de Historia Indo-Portuguesa"
Ternate (Ternate Island):
(0045'N - 12720'E)
Fortaleza de Sao Joao
Baptista or Castelo Gammalamma (1522)
1513 feitoria, 24 Jun. 1522 fortress - 15 July 1575
to the Ternateans (1575 - Apr. 1606)
to Spain ** (Apr. 1606 - 2 May 1663) abandoned
to The Netherlands *** (Jun. 1606 -
* In the year 1606, in the Moluccas, the
Spaniards built forts also in Motir, Batian, Jailolo and Matian.
**In Ternate the Spaniards occupied the
Gammalamma Castle and the Fort St. Peter and St. Paul.
***In Ternate the Dutch built the Fort Malayo
or Fort Orange.
Hanna Des Alwi "Turbulent times past in Ternate and
Tidore"
Jacobs "The Portuguese town of Ambon
1576-1605" in II Seminario de Historia Indo-Portuguesa"
Batjan (Bacan island):

1513 feitoria -
Hanna Des Alwi "Turbulent times past in
Ternate and Tidore"
Amboina or Amboino (Kota Ambon, Ambon Island): (0342'S
- 12810'E)
Fortaleza da Nossa Senhora da Annunciada
(1576)
1569 wooden fort (North coast),
1572 wooden fort (South
coast), 25 Mar. 1576
fortress - 23 Feb. 1605
to The Netherlands
Jacobs "The Portuguese town of Ambon
1576-1605" in II Seminario de Historia Indo-Portuguesa"
Banda (Banda Islands): (0432'S
- 12953'E)
fort
?
Solor (Lohajong or Lawayong,
Solor Island):
(0827'S - 12304'E) Fort
with five stone bastions
1561 settlement, 1566 fort - 18 Apr. 1613
to The Netherlands (18 Apr. 1613 - 1615 ?)
abandoned (1615 ? - 1618)
to The Netherlands (1618 - 1629/30)
abandoned (1629/30)
1630-1636
abandoned
to The Netherlands (1646 - ) the fort is renamed Fort
Henricus.
Leitao "Os Portugueses em Solor e Timor de 1515 a
1702"
Villiers "The Dominican Mission and the
sandalwood.."
Ende (Ende Minor Island): (0853'S
- 12132'E)

1595
fort - ?
Leitao "Os Portugueses em Solor e Timor de
1515 a 1702"
Villiers "The Dominican Mission and the
sandalwood.."
Larantuka (Flores Island):
(0821'S - 12259'E)
fort
after the fall of Solor ? 1613 ? - 1851
ceded by a treaty (1851/1854/1859) to the Netherlands
Leitao "Os Portugueses em Solor e Timor de
1515 a 1702"
Villiers "The Dominican Mission and the sandalwood.."
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na Oceania"
Sicca (Sikka or Sika, Flores Island):
(0844'S - 12211'E)
- 1851
ceded by a treaty (1851-1854-1859) to the Netherlands
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na Oceania"
Paga (Flores Island):
(0846'S - 12202'E)
- 1851
ceded by a treaty (1851/1854/1859) to the Netherlands
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na Oceania"
Wour (Wurek, Adonara Island):
- 1851
ceded by a treaty (1851/1854/1859) to the Netherlands
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na Oceania"
Pomang Kaju (Pamakajo, Solor Island):
(0826'S - 12258'E) circa
- 1851
ceded by a treaty (1851/1854/1859) to the Netherlands
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na Oceania"
Timor:
the Portuguese rule in Timor
was reduced to Dili, Batugad and Manatuto till the end of 19th.
century. There were only a nominal submission to the Portuguese Crown by
the small "Kingdoms" of the island.
Cupao or Cupang (Kupang): (1010'S
- 12335'E)
1646 fort - 1653
to The Netherlands (1653 - ) renamed Fort Concordia.
Leitao "Os Portugueses em Solor e Timor de
1515 a 1702"
Lifau:
(0913'S - 12418'E)
1660s. ? fort - 11 Aug. 1769 abandoned
for a few time occupied by the Timorese rebels in
the year 1756? or 1757? or 1758?
Leitao "Os Portugueses em Solor e Timor de
1515 a 1702"
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na
Oceania"
Manatuto:
(0831'S - 12601'E)
fort -
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na
Oceania"
Batugad:
(0857'S - 12458'E)
fort
-
to the
Timorese rebels (17 - 1731)
1731 -
De Castro "As possessoes Portuguezas na
Oceania"
Dilly or Dili:
(0843'S - 12535'E)
fort
1668 - Feb. 1942 (15 Dec. 1941- Feb. 1942 occupation of
Australian and Dutch troops)
to Japan (Feb. 1942 - 1945)
- 27
August 1975 abandoned
Loureiro "Onde nasce o Sandalo"
Atauro Island or Pulo Kambing:
circa (0818'S - 12532'E)
- 1975
China:
Timao or Tamao
(Shang-ch'wan island): Shangchuan Dao ?
(2145'N - 11247'E)
?
1517/18 feitoria and fort - 1521
to China
Danvers "The Portuguese in India"
Liampo (Ningpo or Ningbo):
(2952'N - 12132'E)

1518 feitoria and
settlement - 1542
to China
Danvers "The Portuguese in India"
Chincheo or
Chinchew (Zhangzhou ?, Fukien):
(2431'N - 11739'E) ?
1547 settlement - 1549
to China
Danvers "Portuguese in India"
Boxer "Francisco
Vieira de Figueiredo"
Lampacau or Lampazau
(Lao-yan-than ? island near Macao): (?)

1549
settlement, it was a respectable Portuguese settlement in 1560s. - ?
abandoned
(according to Boxer "The
great ship from Amacon" pag. 309 nota 2)
Danvers "Portuguese in India"
Macao (Macau):
(2212'N - 11333'E)
Fortaleza Sao Paulo do Monte (1617), Baluarte de Patane, Forte de Nossa
Senhora do Bom Parto, Forte de Nossa Senhora da Penha de Frana,
Fortaleza de Sao Francisco, Fortim de S. Januario, Baluarte de Sao Joao,
Fortaleza da Guia, Forte Sao Tiago da Barra (1616), Fortim de Sao
Jeronimo, Fortim de S. Pedro (1622).

1555/57 - 19/20
Dec. 1999
to
China
Boxer "The great ship from Amacon"
Danvers "Portuguese in India"
Japan:
Vocoxiura or Yokoseura (Yokose):
(3305'N - 12942'E) 
1562 feitoria ? - 1563
Boxer "The great ship from Amacon"
Deshima (Nagasaki):
(3244'N - 12952'E) 
1571 feitoria - 1639
to The Netherlands
(according to Boxer "The great
ship from Amacon" pag. 35/6)
Portuguese "feitoria" (trading station or factory).
Portuguese fortress.
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